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Collections of Great websites:

• Lots of interactives and activities on citizenship, geography, & environement at:

• Students get all sorts of help and learning aids:

Economics:

• Get ideas for making economics more fun & engaging with popculture - check out this professors site: dirkmateer.com

Intro. to Economics

• Great video breaks down major concepts students can grasp: YouTube

• Video introducing economic basics: School Tube

Needs and Wants:

• Arcade-style game introduces learners to concepts of: saving, spending, needs & wants: Visa

Free Enterprise:

• Students learn by playing an online game – running a slush stand business – Kinetic City

Supply and Demand:

• Music Video - Engaging and amusing introduction to s & d -created by teens: School Tube

• Introducing the fundamental theory - Brain Pop Interactive quiz

• Students learn supply & demand by comparison shopping for blue jeans - Ecedweb

Prices:

• Students learn about components of gas pricing & do comparison shopping: Shell

Monuments, Maps and Timelines:

• Pics of famous sites from around the world - street level view of monuments: Google

• Audio tours of cities and landmarks around the world: Use this in conjuction with Google Earth or any interactive map listed below: AudioViator

• 11 sites for Panoramic images and maps of cities and landmarks from around the world!: freetech4teachers

• Various maps of the earth's surface: Google Earth Mania

• Map that changes with time period with several facts of the major civilizations from 4,000 B.C. to the present: TimeMaps

• Map continously changes through the ages before your eyes - can choose from various categories besides countries, such as religion, culture, & science!: Atlas of World History

Geography:

• Videos of travels made by real travelers - over 14,000 to choose from - many are inspiring: tripfilms

• Teach the Interdependence of our Globalized World - Fun Interactive!:

  
  

  http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/globalcloset/?ar_a=1

• NCAA Basketball Geography Game: freetech4teachers

• See interactive maps, facts and photographs on how humans interacts with environment - disasters - natural & manmade: Ifitweremyhome

• Game -students see how our choices of resources for energy use affect our environment and economy: Energyville

• Interactive virtural globe - with highlighted geographical features such as: watersheds, rivers, aquifers, etc.: Earth Knowledge

• Interactive game students must build up houses and environment to stop natural disasters such as flooding, earthquakes, etc: Stop Disasters

• Learn the states & countries with this cool app game: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-the-countries-lite/id407838751?mt=8

World History:

• Great site for primary documents and info. on world cultures from 800 BC to present: world digital library

World Cultures & Society:

• Real time statistics of world: population, government, economy, etc. - great for discussion starters:

• Video on a Glimpse of Teen life in Ancient Rome:

  
  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-glimpse-of-teenage-life-in-ancient-rome-ray-laurence

• Great databasse - pictures, videso, personal testimonies of 100's of world cultures: Culture Grams

• Great lessons on video to intro. many events in world history: YouTube

• Compare countries on statistical values: ave. income, ave. employment rate, etc.

• Neat Interactive - See how seven billion people live : ave. income, technology use, etc., in various regions & socio-econ. classes: National Geographic

World News:

World Book World Newspapers each day from over 186 countries & all 50 states!

• See the news in pictures: